ANCHORAGE- On Thurs., May 20, 2010, the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission kicked off"Anchorage Teens @ Work" - an initiative to educate Anchorage teens and their employers onthe laws against discrimination in the workplace. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission ExecutiveDirector Barbara Jones says this resource for teens is timely given that many young people workor look for work during the summer break.

The initiative includes videos clips featuring Anchorage teens in various work situations facingdifferent types of discrimination. The initiative also features a Facebook page and a poster. Thevideos and poster can be found on Facebook by searching for "Anchorage Teens @ Work" or athttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Anchorage-Teens-Work/120129941351749?ref=ts.The initiative was developed by Leadership Anchorage 2010 members Peter Briggs, MoniqueHenriksen, Larry Yang Lawson, and Kimberly Wetzel, who chose to do a community serviceproject for the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission. The community service project is one of thekeystones of the Leadership Anchorage program. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission ChairHerb Turner thanked the Leadership Anchorage members for their outstanding work with aresolution from the Commission at the Thursday kickoff.

Leadership Anchorage is a program of the Alaska Humanities Forum and began in Anchorage1997. The Anchorage Equal Rights Commission enforces Municipal and other laws prohibitingdiscrimination and offers training to civic and other organizations on the laws prohibitingdiscrimination. For more information about the AERC, go to www.muni.org/aerc, or contact theAERC at 343-4342 or at aerc@muni.org.
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